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First Team Real Estate, which has more than 40 offices and employs more than 1,800 agents in Southern California, has joined RealtyTrac’s broker network, The RealtyTrac Network.

The RealtyTrac Network is a licensed network available to leading independent and franchised brokerage companies throughout the country that provides its members with extensive data, unparalleled media reach and exclusive leads.

“First Team Real Estate is one of the top brokerages in the country producing more than $5 billion in annual sales volume with a high standard for enhancing the real estate transaction process, making them a prime pick for our broker network,” said Jamie Moyle, CEO of RealtyTrac. “We look forward to providing First Team Real Estate the benefits of RealtyTrac’s powerful technology, big data offering and far-reaching media efforts to help further increase their already impressive growth and success.”

Cameron Merage, who still serves as president and CEO of the company, founded first Team Real Estate in 1976. The company provides residential and commercial real estate as well as title, escrow and mortgage operations.

“Buyers and sellers of real estate rely on dependable data. At First Team, our mission is to measurably increase our clients’ quality of life by helping them to make educated and informed decisions,” Merage said. “We are excited to partner with RealtyTrac as their exclusive partner in Southern California. The result of this partnership will represent a quantifiable increase in the value we deliver to our agents and the homeowners they serve.”

Ben Lane is a reporter for HousingWire. Previously, he worked for TownSquareBuzz, a hyper-local news service. He is a graduate of University of North Texas.

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